Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 327
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 36-7-8-3.
Synopsis: Building standards. Provides that a county department of
buildings or a joint city-county building department has the exclusive
authority to enforce the standards adopted for the unincorporated areas
of the county.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE BILL No. 327
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 36-7-8-3; (13)IN0327.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 36-7-8-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3. (a) The legislative body of a
county having a county department of buildings or joint city-county
building department may, by ordinance, adopt building, heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, and sanitation
standards for unincorporated areas of the county. These standards take
effect only on the legislative body's receipt of written approval from the
fire prevention and building safety commission.
A county department
of buildings or a joint city-county building department has the
exclusive authority to enforce the standards adopted for the
unincorporated areas of the county under this section. No other
department or agency has the authority to enforce the standards
in the unincorporated areas of the county.
(b) An ordinance adopted under this section must be based on
occupancy, and it applies to:
(1) the construction, alteration, equipment, use, occupancy,
location, and maintenance of buildings, structures, and
appurtenances that are on land or over water and are:
(A) erected after the ordinance takes effect; and
(B) if expressly provided by the ordinance, existing when the
ordinance takes effect;
(2) conversions of buildings and structures, or parts of them, from
one occupancy classification to another; and
(3) the movement or demolition of buildings, structures, and
equipment for the operation of buildings and structures.
(c) The rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission
are the minimum standards upon which ordinances adopted under this
section must be based.
(d) An ordinance adopted under this section does not apply to
private homes that are built by individuals and used for their own
occupancy.